searã

Forms

searã f (plural seri, definite articulation seara)^[1]

• Plural seri, definite seara.^[1][2] Wiktionary's alternative form is siare.^[1]
• Other spellings: SEARĂ, plural seri, in Papahagi's dictionary;^[3] seára in Mihăileanu's Romanian-based spelling;^[4] σεάρα (seară, plural séri) in Nikolaidis's Greek script;^[5] Σιάρα in Kavalliotis's word list, which Meyer reads siară.^[6]
• Regional forms: seáră, plural séri, in Metsovo.^[7]

Etymology

It is inherited from Late Latin sēra (“evening”),^[3][8][1] which Wiktionary explains as short for sēra diēs (“late day”), from sērus (“late”).^[1] De Vaan traces sērus to Proto-Italic *sēro- (“late”) and Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro- (“long-lasting; late”).^[9]

The word is common to the four Eastern Romance languages: Romanian seară, Megleno-Romanian sĕră and Istro-Romanian sĕre.^[10][11] In the west Italian sera continues the same form, while French soir goes back to the adverb sērō (“in the evening”).^[12]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Kavalliotis's word list of 1770, where Σιάρα translates Modern Greek βράδι (brádi, “evening”).^[6]

Semantic evolution

The Aromanian word kept the Late Latin sense, the part of the day from dusk until bedtime.^[2][3] Papahagi also records it as an adjective meaning late, as in erá seáră oáră (“it was a late hour”).^[3] People greet each other with bunã seara or searã bunã.^[2] The articled form seara serves as an adverb, “in the evening”, already in Boiagi;^[8] in Metsovo the word also covers the whole night until sunrise.^[7]

Timeline

• 1770 – Σιάρα “evening” in Kavalliotis's word list.^[6]
• 1813 – the adverb seara “in the evening” in Boiagi's grammar, as cited by Pascu.^[8]
• 1901 – seára “evening” in Mihăileanu's dictionary.^[4]
• 1909 – σεάρα in Nikolaidis's dictionary.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. evening.^[2][3][1]
2. (Metsovo) The whole night, from sunset to sunrise.^[7]
3. (as an adjective) Late.^[3]
4. (adverb, articled seara) In the evening.^[8][7]

Related words

• Romanian seară
• Megleno-Romanian sĕră

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net), p. 917
3. ^ a b c d e f Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 937
4. ^ a b Mihăileanu, Ștefan (1901), Dicționar macedo-român, București, p. 459
5. ^ a b Νικολαΐδης, Κωνσταντίνος (1909), Ετυμολογικόν λεξικόν της κουτσοβλαχικής γλώσσης, Αθήνα, p. 472
6. ^ a b c Meyer, Gustav (1895), Albanesische Studien IV: Das griechisch-südrumänisch-albanesische Wörterverzeichnis des Kavalliotis, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, phil.-hist. Classe 132, p. 29
7. ^ a b c d Δασούλας, Φώτης (2013), Το βλαχικό ιδίωμα του Μετσόβου, 2nd ed.
8. ^ a b c d Pascu, Giorge (1925), Dictionnaire étymologique macédoroumain, 2 vols. (I: Les éléments latins et romans; II: Les éléments grecs, turcs, slaves, albanais, germaniques, magyars, néologismes, créations immédiates, obscurs), Iași: Cultura Națională, p. 1, 154
9. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
10. ^ Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001)
11. ^ Capidan, Theodor (1935), Meglenoromânii III: Dicționar meglenoromân, București: Academia Română, p. 262
12. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter